00:00 Intro to Cold Takes
00:22 What's Going on with Starbucks and Apple
00:43 Reactions to Howard Schultz's LinkedIn Post
09:19 Reactions to Apple's iPad Ad
14:59 The Takeaways
Matt Williams talks about the big news in the advertising industry earlier this week: the merger of two big holding companies, Omnicom and Interpublic.
Matt Williams applauds the first moves of the new CEOs at Starbucks and Nike: focusing on getting their brands back to their core.
Matt Williams and Rian Chandler-Dovis discuss the branding implications of the latest trend in the C-suite: new external CEOs coming in.
This special edition of Beer & Brands harkens back to our first episode: the brand winners and losers of the Summer Games.
Bandit Running shares an important lesson for any challenger brand.
A Gallup Report on confidence in US institutions spurs a hefty discussion by Kelly O'Keefe and Matt Williams on the currency of brands: trust.